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Toyota, Progressive Insurance, and a data analytics firm are now being accused of collecting detailed personal driving information without proper consent

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[–] rekabis@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 days ago

And this is why I would never own a vehicle made after 2006.

[–] ITGuyLevi@programming.dev 1 points 3 days ago (3 children)

I've wondered a bit about taking the head unit from my jeep and playing with the data it receives, like telling it I'm going 3MPH all night long, or telling it I'm going 600MPH. Ultimately though I'm just going to get rid of it and get something older.

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[–] timsjel@piefed.world -3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (3 children)

Super conflicted about this one. For sure, im against their (mis)use of user data and that is bad in all sorts of ways. buuuuut, i cant help but smile a bit about the fact that asholes driving like maniacs are getting some sort of punishment. I've met them and i wish them hell.

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[–] PorkchopDisco@lemmy.ca 0 points 3 days ago (1 children)
  • Step 1: Place peanut butter on spyware box and wireless antenna cables
  • Step 2: Hold varmint near cables and allow it to chew through them
  • Step 3: Maintain your plausible deniability.
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[–] Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world -4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I like this one. I hate other drivers on the road. This is an area where if they're getting like speeds and how fast people were driving through neighborhoods or taking turns, fuck it. Oligarchs already steal all my data at least this instance can improve my commute

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